The Technique of FURNITURE MAKING
Writing desks
The writing desk in English walnut (405) was designed on a series of golden sections for a special client. The canted pedestals are attached by screwing through the bearer rails into the 11/4 in (32 mm) blockboard top, and therefore no stiffening rail is required. The main construction is in3/4 in (19 mm) veneered laminboard, with agba framing rails, etc. and walnut edgings mitred at the corners and chamfered all round (406:6). Figure 406:1 shows the elevation, 406:2 the side sectional elevation with the small pen-drawer on orthodox runners, and the other drawers with grooved sides and side runners. A deep filing - 405 Walnut writing desk with canted front
drawer is provided for foolscap hangers (see Chapter 24). Figure 406:3 shows the cant of the pedestals, 406:4 the constructional details, 406:5 a section of the legs which are shaped to a round at the base and tenoned up through a double rail thickness as shown, while 406:7
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406 Writing desk details |
